New Hope Natural Media and BioFach Forge Trade Show Partnership

New Hope Natural Media, the division of Penton Media Inc. (NYSE: PME) that organizes natural products expos in the U.S., Europe and Asia, has partnered with organizers of BioFach, the world's largest organic-products trade show, in order to produce Organic Products Expo - BioFach America. The companies will launch the new event at the 19th annual Natural Products Expo East slated for Sept. 4 – 7, 2003, in Washington, D.C.

New Hope's Organic Program Manager Scott Silverman notes “the organic part of Expo East will be reinvented and become the new event. It will have a really nice international flavor.”

“Organic Products Expo - BioFach America will deliver cutting-edge organic finished products, raw materials, market intelligence and education that trade show and conference attendees won't find anywhere else in North America,” states Fred Linder, New Hope president, in a Dec. 19 announcement. “The collaboration with an organization of the caliber of BioFach is incredibly exciting. BioFach brings a depth of experience with the global organic community to this partnership.”

BioFach's flagship event has been taking place in Nuremberg, Germany, since 1989; BioFach Japan and the BioFach Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are affiliated events.